#55797A#55797A

#55797A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.041 H 198.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55797A
RGB	rgb(85, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(182, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 30%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, -12.38, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 13.22, 200.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% -0.0386 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.041 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0954, 17.0104, 20.9492)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55797A #7A5655

analogous

#557A68 #55797A #55667A

triadic

#55797A #7A5579 #797A55

tetradic

#55797A #68557A #7A5655 #667A55

square

#55797A #68557A #7A5655 #667A55

split-complementary

#55797A #7A5566 #7A6855

monochromatic

#233132 #3C5556 #55797A #709B9C #95B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#55797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#55797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55797A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55797A	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D707A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.041 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fa0',
    500: '#55797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55797a;
$custom-light: #869fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 17.874,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5494,
    "c": 0.04069,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55797A

secondary

#A38988

accent

#6F6DBB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55797A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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